Niko Datković (born 21 April 1993) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for Bosnian club Borac Banja Luka.

Club career

Datković was a regular starter in

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's defense during his first professional year with the club in 2011–12. He made his professional debut on 26 August 2011, aged 18, in Rijeka's home win against

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. In two and a half seasons with Rijeka, he collected 38 caps and scored two goals. In early 2014, Datković was loaned to Spezia in Italy's

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, where he spent the second half of the 2013–14 season and the entire 2014–15 season. He spent the following season on loan with

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in the

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. On 3 September 2017, it was revealed that Spezia sent Datković on a season-long loan to CS U Craiova in Romania. On 5 August 2020, he signed with Hungarian club

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. On 2 February 2021, Datković moved to the Austrian club Admira Wacker. On 29 January of the following year, he moved to Spanish

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side Mirandés on a short-term deal.

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